{"id":13375,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=13375"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:12:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:12:00","slug":"the-storytellers-daughter-saira-shah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/the-storytellers-daughter-saira-shah\/","title":{"rendered":"The Storytellers Daughter. Saira Shah."},"content":{"rendered":"

I m B \u00e9 a l a n P h o b a i l .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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The Storyteller\u2019s Daughter…….<\/span>Return to a Lost Homeland.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

by……………………………………………………………………………………… (c\u00e9adchl\u00f3…2003.)<\/strong><\/p>

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Saira Shah………………………………………………………………………..\u00a316.99.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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Land of Dreams .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Seo leabhar a th\u00e1inig im threo, le d\u00e9ana\u00ed, agus \u00f3 tharla go bhfuil an sc\u00e9al seo d\u00edrithe ar an Afganast\u00e1in, chuir m\u00e9 suim ann \u00f3 th\u00fas. Mar a fheiceann t\u00fa thuas, Afganast\u00e1nach mn\u00e1 a scr\u00edobh, c\u00e9 nach l\u00e9ir, an t-am ar fad, tr\u00edd an leabhar, go n-aont\u00f3dh an t-\u00fadar leis an r\u00e1iteas c\u00e9anna sin. Conas a tharla sin, ad\u00e9arfadh duine, b\u2019fh\u00e9idir? Bhuel, b\u00edodh gur i gKent Shasana, a rugadh Saira Shah, ba de bhunadh na hAfganast\u00e1ine a muintir, agus n\u00edorbh \u00e9 sin amh\u00e1in \u00e9, ach tharla go raibh an mhuintir ch\u00e9anna sin f\u00edor-bhr\u00f3d\u00fail as a dt\u00edr, agus as a gcine. D\u00e1 bharr sin, d\u2019fh\u00e9ach a muintir chuige, go raibh sc\u00e9al agus seanchas a dt\u00edre tugtha go fial agus go flaithi\u00fail d\u00e1 gclann. Tugadh le fios d\u00f3ibh, n\u00e1r den chosmhuintir iad a sinsear, ach gur den uasaicme iad, cine a d\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh a l\u00edne ghinealaigh a lean\u00faint siar, tr\u00ed \u00e1irs\u00ed na staire, go laethe an fh\u00e1idh Mathamad fh\u00e9in. Sea, agus bh\u00edodh tailte m\u00e9ithe, os cionn chathair Kabul fh\u00e9in, mar oidhreacht ag an gclann ch\u00e9anna sin, rud a d\u2019fh\u00e1g go mba dhaoine le cumhacht iad, ina dt\u00edr dh\u00fachais fh\u00e9in, tr\u00e1th. Ach d\u2019imigh sin is th\u00e1inig seo, agus i laethe \u00f3ige an \u00fadair seo, bh\u00ed an seal\u00fachas sin uilig caillte ag muintir Shah. M\u00ednitear sin go l\u00e9ir d\u00fainn sa sc\u00e9al seo, ach n\u00e1r ch\u00f3ir dom m\u2019aire a dh\u00edri\u00fa ar an sc\u00e9al fh\u00e9in? F\u00e9ach mar a chuireann Saira Shah t\u00fas lena sc\u00e9al…<\/p>

\u201cI am three years old. I am sitting on my father\u2019s knee. He is telling me of a magical place: the fairytale landscape you enter in dreams………..<\/p>

On three sides of the plateau majestic mountains tower, capped with snow. The fourth side overlooks a sunny valley where, gleaming far below, sprawls a city of villas and minarets. And here is the best part of the story: it is true.\u201d<\/p>

N\u00f3 b\u2019in mar a raibh seal\u00fachas a muintire suite, go hard os cionn chathair, Kabul, pr\u00edomhchathair na hAfganast\u00e1ine. Thar bhlianta a h\u00f3ige, chuir an t-athair feoil ar chn\u00e1mha an sc\u00e9il ch\u00e9anna sin, go dt\u00ed sa deireadh, go raibh oidhreacht agus meon a muintire slogtha go c\u00edocrach ag Saira Shah.<\/p>

Homing Instinct .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Bh\u00ed go maith! ach th\u00e1inig an l\u00e1, nuair a theastaigh \u00f3n mbean \u00f3g seo, a fh\u00e1il amach, c\u00e9 acu f\u00edor br\u00e9agach na sc\u00e9alta uilig sin a chuala s\u00ed \u00f3na hathair, agus sc\u00e9alta freisin, a bh\u00ed de dhl\u00fath agus d\u2019inneach i gcro\u00ed a beithe fh\u00e9in. N\u00ed raibh ach sl\u00ed amh\u00e1in le sin a dh\u00e9anamh, agus b\u2019in tr\u00ed chuairt a thabhairt ar an dt\u00edr iontach, dra\u00edochta, s\u00ed, sin, agus b\u2019in \u00e9 d\u00edreach a chuir an bhean \u00f3g seo roimpi a dh\u00e9anamh, n\u00f3 tuigeadh di, \u00f3na h\u00f3ige i leith, go raibh beirt i seilbh a cro\u00ed istigh, ag iarraidh seilbh a ghlacadh ar a hanam, agus bh\u00ed an bheirt ch\u00e9anna sin in adharca a ch\u00e9ile, \u00f3 th\u00fas. Ar an gc\u00e9ad dul s\u00edos, bh\u00ed an cail\u00edn \u00f3g, b\u00e9asach, m\u00e1nla, a rugadh agus a t\u00f3gadh i gKent Shasana; agus ar an dtaobh eile, bh\u00ed an bhean, a raibh fuil laochra na hAfganast\u00e1ine ag ropadh lei go f\u00edochmhar, barbartha, tr\u00edna cuisleanna. An bhf\u00e9adfa\u00ed s\u00edoch\u00e1in, n\u00f3 r\u00e9iteach, a dh\u00e9anamh idir an bheirt ch\u00e9anna sin, go br\u00e1ch na breithe? B\u2019fh\u00e9idir go bhf\u00e9adfa\u00ed, ach i gc\u00e1s d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id seo, nach mb\u00edonn an d\u00e1 b\u2019fh\u00e9idir ann? Ach f\u00e1gfaidh m\u00e9 an sc\u00e9al sin f\u00fatsa fh\u00e9in.<\/p>

Russian Invasion and Taliban Days .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Rugadh an t-\u00fadar sa bhliain 1965, agus nuair nach raibh s\u00ed ach c\u00faig bliana d\u00e9ag d\u2019aois, sa bhliain 1980, rinne na R\u00faisigh ionradh ar th\u00edr na hAfganast\u00e1ine, agus s\u00e9 bliana ina dhiaidh sin ar\u00eds, nuair a bh\u00ed s\u00ed bliain is fiche, bhuail s\u00ed b\u00f3thar chun na t\u00edre dra\u00edochta sin, le f\u00e1il amach, c\u00e9 acu f\u00edor br\u00e9agach na sc\u00e9alta uilig a chuala s\u00ed \u00f3na muintir, le linn di bheith ag f\u00e1s suas i Sasana. Sa tsl\u00ed sin, fuair s\u00ed roinnt mhaith amach faoina cine, agus faoina t\u00edr. Ar ball ar\u00eds, sa bhliain 2001, i dt\u00fas an aon\u00fa haois fichead, thug s\u00ed cuairt eile ar th\u00edr a sinsir, go bhfeicfeadh s\u00ed, arbh fh\u00edor a raibh \u00e1 clos acu san Iarthar, faoi bharbaracht agus faoi r\u00e9imeas cru\u00e1lach, leatromach an Taliban. N\u00ed g\u00e1 a r\u00e1, go mba dhains\u00e9arach go deo an misean c\u00e9anna sin, ach d\u2019\u00e9irigh lei \u00e9 a chur i gcr\u00edch, agus ag an am gc\u00e9anna, d\u2019\u00e9irigh lei \u00e1bhar a shol\u00e1thar don Chl\u00e1r Faisn\u00e9ise Teilif\u00edse, \u201cBeneath the Veil\u201d, do Bhealach a Ceathair den BBC. Thuig an t-\u00fadar an baol a bhain le tionscadal d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id, ach nach raibh fuil Afganast\u00e1nach ag ropadh lei tr\u00edna cuisleanna cr\u00f3ga? F\u00e9ach mar a chuireann s\u00ed fh\u00e9in \u00e9……<\/p>

We have just crossed the border illegally into Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. As a Westerner, if I am caught, I may be imprisoned and accused of espionage. If the Taliban discover my family history and decide I am an Afghan, then I share the same risks as the Afghan women who are helping me: torture, a bullet in the head, or simply disappearing in Pul i Charki, Kabul\u2019s notorious political prison.<\/p>

Sea, n\u00edorbh aon mheatach\u00e1n \u00ed Saira Khan, geallaimse dhuit \u00e9! <\/p>

Crisis of Identity !<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Ach ar scaoil s\u00ed an fhadhb faoina t\u00edr, is faoina cine? Deacair a r\u00e1, ach breathnaigh uirthi, agus \u00ed ag f\u00e1g\u00e1il na hAfganast\u00e1ine ina diaidh……<\/p>

At the ramshackle border post, the officer glanced at my passport, then looked at it again, and said: \u2018But that is an Afghan name. Are you from Afghanistan?\u2019 I told him that my father was from Paghman, and then to stop him from launching into the usual rapturous cascade of greetings, I added severely: \u2018But I am from Britain. I am from the West\u2019. <\/p>

Ar bhris an d\u00fachas tr\u00ed sh\u00faile an chait, n\u00f3 ar threise an oili\u00faint n\u00e1 an d\u00fachas, sa ch\u00e1s \u00e1irithe seo? Bhuel, caithfidh t\u00fa an leabhar sp\u00e9isi\u00fail, corraitheach, mealltach, seo a l\u00e9amh duit fh\u00e9in, le freagra na gceisteanna sin a fh\u00e1il, ach geallaimse dhuit \u00e9, gur fi\u00fa an tairbhe an triobl\u00f3id, sa ch\u00e1s \u00e1irithe seo. <\/p>

S\u00e1rleabhar, \u00f3 pheann l\u00edofa an Afganast\u00e1nach, ild\u00e1nach, mn\u00e1 seo, a chuirfidh an l\u00e9itheoir faoi gheasa, at\u00e1 anseo againn. Bainfidh t\u00fa taitneamh as. <\/p>

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Peadar Bair\u00e9ad.<\/p>

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I m B \u00e9 a l a n P h o b a i l . **************************** . The Storyteller\u2019s Daughter…….Return to a Lost Homeland. by……………………………………………………………………………………… (c\u00e9adchl\u00f3…2003.) . Saira Shah………………………………………………………………………..\u00a316.99. **************************** Land of Dreams . Seo leabhar a th\u00e1inig im threo, le d\u00e9ana\u00ed, agus \u00f3 tharla go bhfuil an sc\u00e9al seo d\u00edrithe ar an Afganast\u00e1in, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gan-chatagoir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13376,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13375\/revisions\/13376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}